Word: elster
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) arrested Joshua M. Elster '00 on Saturday, Jan. 31, from his Kirkland House room on three counts of rape and two counts of assault and battery. He was released on $10,000 cash bail and later indicted by a grand jury in Cambridge on the five original counts and an additional count of indecent assault and battery which refers to the sexual nature of the offense with which he has been charged. Elster's case is now in the pre-trial stages in the Superior Court. The next court date is scheduled for September...
...HUPD initially failed to fully report the series of events. There was originally no mention of either the woman's call to HUPD from UHS or Elster's arrest in its public...
...Elster's lawyer Kenneth F. D'Arcy '58 asserted his client's innocence. "[Elster] didn't do anything against the law," he said. "You've got two consenting adults. Whatever happens, his defense is consent...
...February, University spokesperson Joe Wrinn said Elster is taking a leave of absence from the University...
...Arcy said Elster is distancing himself from the University. "He can't go back to Harvard," he said. "It's a voluntary separation...a mutual choice." Elster has only returned to Harvard with the escort of his lawyer, Kenneth F. D'Arcy '58, to meet with the administration and retrieve his belongings...